1 Product identity

Ingredient risk

3 ingredients to use with caution

Balanced B Complex

Name: Balanced B Complex
Brand: MegaFood

BrandMegaFood→Botanical with Nutrients Tablet or Pill 19 ingredients 3 caution DSLD #327555

Net contents: 90 Tablet(s)

Target: Adults and Children 4 years and above

DSLD entry: 2025-03-25

2 Ingredients (19)

IngredientGroupSafety

ThiamineThiaminUse with Caution

RiboflavinRiboflavinGenerally Safe

NiacinNiacinConditionally Safe

Vitamin B6Vitamin B6Use with Caution

FolateFolateConditionally Safe

L-5-MTHFVitamin B9 (5-Methyltetrahydrofolate)—

Vitamin B12Vitamin B12Use with Caution

BiotinBiotinGenerally Safe

Pantothenic AcidPantothenic Acid (Vitamin B5)—

Food BlendBlend (Herb/Botanical)—

Brown RiceRice—

KaleKale—

BroccoliBroccoli—

Microcrystalline CelluloseCellulose—

Rice ProteinRice ProteinGenerally Safe

Autolyzed Yeast ExtractYeast—

Silicon DioxideSiliconGenerally Safe

Stearic AcidStearic Acid—

HypromelloseHypromellose—

Ingredient amounts require the full DSLD label. View full label at NIH DSLD →

⚠️ Use with caution — restricted in some markets

Thiamin — Wernicke encephalopathy: classic triad (confusion, ophthalmoplegia, ataxia) is present in only 16% of cases — any ONE element in an at-risk patie…

Vitamin B6 — Sensory neuropathy from chronic high-dose B6 (>200 mg/day) — presents as numbness, ataxia. Can be irreversible. Often self-prescribed by patients…

Vitamin B12 — Nitrous oxide anesthesia in subclinically B12-deficient patients can precipitate acute combined degeneration — always check B12 before elective p…

3 Safety cross-reference

Thiamin — Use with Caution

⚠ Very low toxicity

Riboflavin — Generally Safe

⚠ Harmless yellow urine

Niacin — Conditionally Safe

⚠ Flushing at >50 mg

⚠ Hepatotoxicity at high doses

Vitamin B6 — Use with Caution

Folate — Conditionally Safe

⚠ May mask B12 deficiency

⚠ Colorectal cancer risk debated

5-MTHF — Limited Evidence

⚠ May mask B12 deficiency like folic acid

⚠ Better tolerated than folic acid in MTHFR variants

Vitamin B12 — Use with Caution

Biotin — Generally Safe

⚠ Interferes with troponin and thyroid lab assays

Pantothenic Acid — Limited Evidence

⚠ Diarrhea at very high doses

Rice Protein — Generally Safe

⚠ Lower in lysine

⚠ Arsenic contamination risk in some brands

Silicon — Generally Safe

⚠ Very low toxicity

4 Label claims

• Nutrient

• All Other

• Structure/Function

5 Data source

DSLD ID327555

Full labelView at NIH DSLD →

SourceOffice of Dietary Supplements, NIH

Market statusOn market

Entry date2025-03-25

6 More from MegaFood

View MegaFood Safety Scorecard → 53 products

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7 Cite this page

Vancouver

Pkhakadze G. Balanced B Complex — product analysis [Internet]. Tbilisi: Public Health Institute of Georgia; 2026 [cited 2026 Aug 25]. Available from: https://supplement.ge/products/dsld-327555/

CC BY 4.0. Product data from NIH DSLD; safety analysis by SupplementIndex.

Analyzed by SupplementIndex

PHIG · Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Giorgi Pkhakadze, MD, MPH, PhD

Product data sourced from the NIH Dietary Supplement Label Database (DSLD). Safety cross-referencing by SupplementIndex. This analysis is for informational purposes only. For corrections: info@accreditation.ge.
Publisher: PHIG